La asociación entre la edad temprana en el diagnóstico de cáncer de mama metastásico y la supervivencia global en el

Kristen D Brantley1,2, Gregory J Kirkner3,4, Melissa E Hughes3,4,5

  • 1Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA. kristen_brantley@dfci.harvard.edu.

NPJ breast cancer
|August 29, 2025
PubMed
Resumen

Las mujeres más jóvenes diagnosticadas con cáncer de mama metastásico (MBC, por sus siglas en inglés) enfrentan una menor supervivencia global (OS, por sus siglas en inglés), especialmente aquellas de 35 años o menos. Esta desventaja de supervivencia está relacionada con subtipos específicos de tumores, lo que requiere terapias dirigidas.

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